Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
1887.
Good morning!
| Matinee to-day at 2 o'clock.
Swear off and stick to the swear.
Pleasant and happy 1887 to all.
"Poar 10" will be given at the matinee
The drst-class saloons will generally hava
New Years lunches to-day.
See the great railroad scene in the "Gaa
Light at the Grand tonight.
The1'night watch" was observed by sew
/ eral OF the churches last night.
Services will be held in. St. John Episco
pal church on Sunday at the usual hours.
"Hh Ten Wives" was necessarily crowded
out this issue. 1t will appear Monday
| morning.
To-day is the time to dissolve and then
/ resolve to turn over new leaf, and nevel
do so any more.
Rates on the Oregon Short Line hereafte,
| will be s cents per mile. Round trip tickets
3x cents per mile.
The "Dairy" will be transformed into the
| Green Rooms tonight, with dining room in
1 tn0 E6ar OF L00 OullQ1Qg.
"Joe" Careswell has the thanks Of THE
MINER man for courtesies and q ride and
gentle upset in the snow.
The MINER Office sends grateful acknowl.
edsments to Mr.. Featherly for box oi
Smokestack (Opera) cigars.
The lady who lost her gloves last
night about IL o'clock can get them by
calling at THE MINER Office.
All day and till nearly daylight in the
morning the merry sleighbells were ringing
for the first sunlight of 1887.
If the clouds continue at night the comet,
with its fire tail, may pass this station be-
fore the people generally know it.
TIE Grand Opera House is sure to be
crowded at the matinee and again tonight
when Under the Gaslight" will be played.
A bootblack Of Santa Rosa 'slaid up''
$40 ''shining" and invested it in Mendocino
California; land. He is now worth $780,
600.
The Good Templars will celebrate their
11th anniversary tonight at their hall.
Soiourning members OF the order are in
vited.
Pacific Express Company yesterday
shipped eleven bars Bluebird bullion, value
$19,2 200, and twelve bars Silver Bow, valne
$2,944.
The flaming meteor which fell in Ohio
strawberry blonde let fall from a third
story window.
Nr. and Mrs. William Pfouts last evening
entertained at dinner Mr.. and Mrs. D. W.
Tilton, Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Irvine and Mr..
and Mrs. L. s. Wild.
Butte merchants generally tell the re-
Haysfo "a thav q a
trade in Butte than the one just now clos
ing. Now there will be calm till payday.
Mss Libbie Lufkin, the accomplished and
most lovely daughter Of Hank Lufkin, of
HALEY, Idaho, writes her friends from Cal
ifornia that her health is greatly and stead
ily improving.
The officers elected for the "Institue' for
1887 are w. w. Wylie, president; J. H.
Meyers, vice-president; w. e. Harmon,
treasurer and secretary, c. L. Howard. T.
J. Porter and Miss Rilla Layton, executive
committee.
Persons wishing to enter lands as home
steads or preemption will do well to re-
member that by order of Land Commis.
sioner Sparks the old blanks must no
longer be used. Only the new ones are
permissible and they are numbered 723,
724 and 728.
: The Butte Turn Verein will give social
dance this evening in Caplice Hall for the
benefit Of the members and their invited
guests. This society contemplates giving
isEto be given in German by the members
and their wives.
"Under the Gaslight" at the Opera House
tonight is one of those pleasing plays that
are as full OF comedy and light, airy Incl.
dents as a woman is OF goodness. The
company declare that their work tonight
shall be worthy of the play and the New
Year and thus worthy of themselves.
Last night there were numbers of men in
Butte and the surrounding towns waiting
for midnight to jump mines on which neces-
sary FORK has not been done. Many were
loading up with powder and shot for emer-
gencies. At the time OF going to press no
blood had been spilled that is known OF.
Mrs. s. ]. Mcconnell. of HALEY. is on a
visit to her sister in Salt Lake City. The
other night she was fixing up" for ball,
and had used benzine to cleanse pair of
gloves. Moving to the stove to burn some
article. the oil took fire, burning both
hands and arms as far as the elbow fright
fully.
A miner just from Virginia City, Nevada,
inconversation with the reporter yester-
day, said: lone month ago felt too rich
to swing pick in the levels any more, and
a job. D-n this bloody steal deal any
how" And so say thousands in California
and Nevada.
Fred Kerth, the bill-poster lost an An
CORA wool glove on Arizona street between
Silver and Park. The pair was q present
from Babcock, the batter, and Fred thinks
q good deal of them, but If the finder won't
give up the lost one Fred wants him to call
at The MINER Office and get the other. The
remaining glove appears to feel lonesome
without it's mate.
A small boy and large boy we're snow
balling on Main street yesterday. They
foolishly lost their temper and began to
fight and scratch a crowd gathered which
the policeman at once dispersed and telling
the boys they would be making fools of
themselves if Nature had not saved them
that trouble, sent them home to be
spanked. Good.
The patrons of The MINER will to-day
he waited on by The MINER carrier corps.
The carriers address will be delivered to
each, and this Office bespeaks kind recep-
tion for the boys, who, through heat and
cold, rain and shine, plod on while the rest
of the world is at rest, that THE MINER
may be prompt and welcome daily
visitor TO each home.
Mr.. w. A. Clark was yesterday presented
with basket of Portland, Oregon, flowers
of rare beauty and perfume. There were
lilies, jessamine, lily of the valley, tulips,
hearts ease, roses Of various sorts and
colors, trailing vines aud many others. 1t
was the gift Of "Joe" Fisher, and was as
benutiful as at this season unusual.
The challenge issued to James Cassidy,
of Marysville, by Thomas Palmer. has
been accented, and the match will take
place at Marysville on the night OF Janu.
ary 18th. The match is for 5000 a side,
and will be eight rounds, Marquis of
Queensbury rules. Considerable money
~;ll change hands on the result, as Marys-
vile sports will back Cassidy for their